From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty...
Junior Ambasadors to Alaska special event pass from the Golden Gate International Exposition at Treasure Island, San Francisco, California. Pass reads: "SPECIAL EVENT. G.G.I.E. TREASURE ISLAND. * * * * BEARER * * * *. JUNIOR AMBASSADORS TO...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty of March thirtieth, eighteen hun- dred and...
May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...
Title from verso. "Edmonton, Alberta - Aviation supplies, foodstuffs, special service equipment,, mail and a myriad of other articles are funneled into the mammoth cargo warehouse on the Army Air Base here for aerial shipment via C-47s (Douglas...
Title from accompanying notes. "24 April, the day I leave the expedition to return to Seattle. Camp 3--my Japanese friends who are special to me (left to right): Shige (aka Camera), Fire, West, Dragon, Hiro, Bamboo, Mitche, and Hat." Eight...
Journal kept by Captain Edwin F. Glenn, commanding officer of the 1898 U.S. Army Expedition to Cook Inlet in southcentral Alaska. June 29-Oct. 23, 1898. [228] pages ; 23 cm. The main task of the expedition was to explore the country north of Cook...
Third volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 15, 1917-May 18, 1917. [97] pages ; 15 cm.
Title taken from front. View of people waiting for Alaska Engineering Commission Railway Matanuska Special after July 4th celebrations, Anchorage, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G631." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway Matanuska Special leaving Anchorage, Alaska, after July 4th celebrations. Also from front: "A.E.C. G631." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G631. July...
Title taken from verso. View of special covering for pipe during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction at Goldstream Creek crossing near Fairbanks, Alaska. June, 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Title from sleeve. Also on sleeve: 'Lew Williams, Wrangell, Secy of Alaska.' Group of people in reception line passing through an entryway at the governor's mansion in Juneau during the 1949 special session of the state legislature. Artist...
Title from sleeve. Governor Ernest Gruening delivers a speech to the Alaska Territorial Legislature at a special session in 1946. Two legislators sit on the stage, while other members sit at tables. 4 X 5 B&W negative.
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...